March 2015 – February 2017. Post-doc researcher in linguistics and philosophy of language working on the project “Healthy Reasoning. Strategies and Mechanisms of Persuasion in Chronic Care” (http://www.unicatt.it/healthyreasoning-eng). Department of Linguistic Sciences and Foreign Literatures, Catholic University of Milan, Italy.

2014 – 2015. Adjunct Professor of Philosophy of Language, School of Humanities, Degree in Linguistics and Communication, University of Cagliari.

2016Rossi* M.G., Macagno F. & Bigi S., The Role of Metaphors in Understanding and Reasoning in Medical Encounters, presented at the 14th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare The University Conference Centre, Heidelberg, 7-10/09/2016:
Bigi* S., Rossi* M.G., Leone D., Vegni E., Combining RIAS with the analysis of dialogical moves in consultations: insights and new perspectives (poster session), presented at the 14th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare The University Conference Centre, Heidelberg, 7-10/09/2016.
Leone D., Vegni E., Galli F., Del Negro S., Rossi* M.G., Borghi L., The Doctor-Couple Communication In Reproductive Medicine: A Pilot Study Through The RIAS, Presented at the 14th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare The University Conference Centre, Heidelberg, 7-10/09/2016.
Bigi* S., Rossi M.G., Mayweg-Paus E., Macagno F., Assessing The Quality Of Deliberation In Chronic Care Encounters: An Interdisciplinary Approach, presented at the 14th International Conference on Communication in Healthcare The University Conference Centre, Heidelberg, 7-10/09/2016.Rossi* M.G., Macagno F., Bigi S., Metaphors for diabetes: A method of analysis and classification, presented at the 11th International Conference of the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor “Metaphor in the Arts, in Media and Communication”, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 1-4/07/2016.